Match Made In Heaven + Giveaway Time! (Closed)

There were slates of clouds scattered throughout the sky, dimming the blue and creating an overcast. Glimpses of rays dodged between them, creating natural spotlights on the earth below.

He was walking, quite stiffly if I do say so myself, through the park. He looked all crinkly, and not fresh at all, as if he had definitely seen better days. ‘Ugh, how to do it, how to do it!?’, a single though revolving through his mind. He could feel his fingers probing at a lump in his pocket, its soft velvety texture not providing any reassurance.

She was coming to meet him in only 10 minutes, and he just wanted the world to stop so he could just breathe. He could feel himself melting by the heat of his stress and the pressure placed on him.

Is it too big? No what I am thinking. Is it too small? Does she even like the colour? Oh no, I lost the receipt! What if it is fake – what is she gets arrested?!

Stop. He ordered himself to breathe. He had time, looking at the gold watch contrasting his chocolatey colour. I have plenty of time. A whole 7 minutes!

But suddenly in the distance, life trolled him a little, throwing a curveball.

She. Was. Early.

He ran up to her, his prepared speech buzzing through his head and he spit it out before she even had a chance to greet him. He knew he would explode if he didn’t…

“My dearest Marsha,You are the Moon to my Sun, Caramel to my Apple and Rose to my Doctor. I would go to the ends of the universe to find you. You are my one and only. Marsha Mallow, will you marry me?”

Marsha just looked at him in astonishment. This player, who goes around like nobody’s business, and has been seen in every vending machine since creation, was asking her to marry him? To be with him forever? She was amazed and could see his earnestness, right down to the drops of chocolate sauce he was sweating off.

“Oh Choco, I don’t know what to say… but now I do, my answer is YES!”

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*Sniff* does that story not get you every time!? Sigh… it is all so romantic! Mrs Marsha Mallow-Late and Mr Choco Late asked me to be their official photographers for their wedding *sniff* and so that is what I would like to share with you!

They are quite patriotic so would like their ‘shipping name’ to be Mississippi Brownies, therefore who am I to argue with them?

May I just describe them as a couple? Honestly, there is so much complimentarily, I cannot even begin to explain! Marsha is very… squishy and fluffy, quite the softy really while Choco provides a bit of backbone and sturdiness to their relationship, though he is equally sweet! Choco is quite robust and masculine while Marsha is the epitome of your dainty heroine, too cute!

Choco is also quite dense at times, he doesn’t understand complexity that well and always fudges on while Marsha is quite intuitive and uses her sweetness to completely change the fudge nature of Choco depending on what the world around them needs.

Soul mates right?

Now, in a world where divorce rate is close to 50%, I am sure you are wondering how to find you own soul mate as the Mallow-Late couple have. Their recipe for love is below and serve that to someone you like, and I think you will be well on your way!

1 250g bag marshmallows (more if you eat them while baking… like moi… it is a sickness…)

Ganache

1/3 cup thickened cream

80g milk chocolate

Method:

Preheat oven to 170 degrees C and butter a baking tin before lining it with baking paper

Brown the butter in a saucepan over medium heat till smells nutty and is a golden brown colour

Immediately remove and add sugars, mixing them through till dissolved

Let cool for ten minutes before adding the eggs, stirring them through one by one into the mixture

Stir through the vanilla essence

In a separate bowl, sift in the cocoa powder and plain flour (I forgot to sift and dumped :P)

In the middle make a well and pour the wet ingredients into the dry

Stir until a few traces of flour remain, before mixing through the chopped almonds

Pour it into the tin and bake for around 25 minutes (until there is a crust and it bounces back a little – not too much! You don’t want the recipe to be fully baked otherwise post-mallow, it will over bake!)

In the final 5 minutes, take out the tray and scatter the marshmallows on top and return to the oven – This allows them to melt onto the brownie and create marshmallow topping

Take out and let cool while you make the ganache, resting them on a wire rack

Ganache: In short 7 second bursts, microwave the cream and the chocolate stirring between each zap, until a smooth ganache is formed

Drizzle ganache over the marshmallows on the brownie, let cool to room temperature before cutting into pieces/eating the whole tin 🙂 (The marshmallow is super sticky, so keep dipping the knife into hot water and wiping so it cuts nice, even pieces!)

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Now that that is done, the love story has been told, it is GIVEAWAY TIME 😀

Thanks to Menulog, Australia’s number one online takeaway and food delivery website, you could be enjoying free meals delivered to you by simply winning this competition! Can’t you imagine a stormy, rainy day, with your oven broken and your family whining for food – this could be your ultimate saviour!

And I offer not just one winner… BUT TWO! YAY 😀 A PAIR OF WINNERS!

Did someone say… Giveaway?

Before I outline how you could be the very lucky winner of this absolutely awesome giveaway, let me share a bit more about what Menulog offers to you all 😀

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Menulog customers can order through the website or mobile app and pay via credit card or cash. It’s free to use and customers will receive instant SMS confirmation upon completing an order.”

Ooft. Is that easy or is that easy? If you are lucky enough to win one of the $25 codes on offer, simply enter it on checkout and voila, all your take out dreams come true! 🙂

Unfortunately, this is ONLY for Australian residents to enter (sorry rest of the world!) (But my blog giveaway will be happening in the new year so do not despair because that baby is international!)

Nancy @ gottagetbaked: Lmao, when I was reading your post, I thought “omg did someone propose to Uru?!” And then I realized you were talking about the greatest love story of our time, between marshmallow and chocolate. Sigh. I’m swooning! These brownies look ridiculously good, Uru! Welcome back, girl! I’ve missed you. I hope you’re enjoying your post-exam freedom!

Tammy: That was the most beautiful love story I’ve ever read :,) Oh Uru…is that where mini mallows come from?!?! 😀 ..Ahem I digress. Beautiful union…fingering licking if I may say so without sounding creepy.

Heh, I could go on forever. Wishing you a very wonderful weekend deary.

Vickibensinger: I have a weakness for anything that remotely resembles Rocky Road and this definitely comes close. I’m sure I could probably sit down and eat this entire batch myself assuming my family wasn’t around. Great recipe!

Ash – foodfashionparty: Get out, I am so naive, I was expecting something else, well this one’s not a bad ending either. How much do I love this combination, they are match made in heaven.
You are a sweet little writer. Happy weekend.

A_Boleyn: What a unique introduction to a special sweet treat. We were both inspired to make brownies, almost on the same day, but the marshmallow topping on yours makes me want to improve my next batch … maybe I’ll go with the caramel and chocolate chip version I ran across. 🙂

Three Well Beings: I thought I was soulmate to chocolate! LOL! But this is incredibly rich and delicious, I’m quite sure. As a little piece of info, my family roots are deeply embedded in Mississippi USA…so I have always enjoyed Mississippi Mud Pie and the like. This is a nice twist! I wish MenuLog were available here, too. It sounds like a great offering!